Asante Traditional Buildings – Sacred Forest Shrines, Ghana
Scattered across the forests of Ghana's Ashanti Region, the Asante Traditional Buildings are the last surviving examples of…
Scattered across the forests of Ghana's Ashanti Region, the Asante Traditional Buildings are the last surviving examples of…
The most visited monument of the transatlantic slave trade — a whitewashed fortress on the Atlantic coast of…
Portugal's 1482 fortress on Ghana's coast became the oldest European building in Sub-Saharan Africa and a major hub…
A former slave fort in Ghana's Central Region, built by the English in 1638, captured by the Dutch…
A fortified trading post on Ghana's coast, Fort Amsterdam shifted between English, Dutch and British control and played…
A Dutch trading fort established in 1656 near Butre, Ghana, where the Treaty of Butre was signed.
A small Portuguese fort opposite Elmina Castle, Fort Coenraadsburg guarded the slave trade and gold commerce on Ghana's…
A Dutch colonial fort built in 1667 at Senya Beraku, Ghana—the last Dutch stronghold on the Gold Coast…
A coastal military structure on Ghana's Western Region promontory, Fort Metal Cross testifies to Atlantic trade and the…
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